Such sayings themselves grow harder and adhere more firmly with age, and it would take many blows with a trowel to clean an old wiseacre of them. 这种话的本身也愈经久而愈牢固了,必需用瓦刀一再猛击之,才能粉碎它,使一个自作聪明的老人不再说这种话。
Allen is a wiseacre who hears the grass grow. 艾伦是个自作聪明的人,对什么事都非常敏感。